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GO DOG GO! • VE PERRO ¡VE!
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

GO DOG GO! • VE PERRO ¡VE!

Come along with these delightful dogs as they drive, swim, play baseball and make their way to the big dog party — all in a…

Sunday, May 4th
9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Chicago Children’s Theatre
100 S Racine Ave
Titanique
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Titanique

Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…

Sunday, May 4th
1:00 p.m.2:40 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Sightline: The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Sightline: The Seldoms with Fraser Taylor

A new dance work with stunning visuals by influential Scottish artist, Fraser Taylor. May 1-4 at the historic Ruth Page Center for the Arts. For…

Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
The Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Spring Awakenings
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Spring Awakenings

In a world where curiosity is stifled and questions are met with silence, a group of teenagers finds themselves thrust into the chaos of adolescence…

Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Berlin
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Berlin

Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…

Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha — A Musical Reimagining
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha — A Musical Reimagining

Accessibility Services: ASL interpretation and audio description will be available on Saturday, May 3, 2025 An extraordinary core creative team of Black women artists, brought…

Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Gypsy – A Musical Fable
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Gypsy – A Musical Fable

The Beverly Theatre Guild (BTG) is thrilled to present a fabulous production of Gypsy-A Musical Fableto the stage of the Baer Theater at Morgan Park…

Sunday, May 4th
2:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Baer Theater at Morgan Park Academy
2153 W 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60643
Spring Awakenings
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Spring Awakenings

In a world where curiosity is stifled and questions are met with silence, a group of teenagers finds themselves thrust into the chaos of adolescence…

Sunday, May 4th
2:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 North Lincoln Avenue
Live Performance: Question 27, Question 28: Staging Loyalty, Identity, and Resistance
May4
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions, Theatre & Performing Arts

Live Performance: Question 27, Question 28: Staging Loyalty, Identity, and Resistance

In partnership with renowned theater producer and director David Y. Chack, Illinois Holocaust Museum presents a live performance of Question 27, Question 28, a compelling play by Chay…

Sunday, May 4th
2:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive
South Asian Music Ensemble
May4
Music & Comedy

South Asian Music Ensemble

The South Asian Music Ensemble’s spring concert showcases the entire ensemble, featuring instrumentalists, singers, and dancers. The program highlights South Asian raga-based music with themes…

Sunday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.
Logan Center for the Arts – Penthouse, 901
915 E 60th St
Cut to the Chase 2025
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Cut to the Chase 2025

A staple of Chicago theater for over two decades, CUT TO THE CHASE presents six new plays as one fun night of theater. This year’s…

Sunday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.4:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Black Oak Ensemble
May4
Music & Comedy

Black Oak Ensemble

About the Performance A kaleidoscopic string trio that “fully inhabits the spirit of the works they are playing in the moment, with as ardent a…

Sunday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
Ravinia Festival
418 Sheridan Road
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

In 1920, Karel Čapek’s early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades…

Sunday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Helena & Hermia in The Enamored Odyssey
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Helena & Hermia in The Enamored Odyssey

book, music & lyrics by Dominick Alesia directed by Stefan Roseenchoreography by Anna Roemer In Harken’s Hold, England, a Duke prepares for his grand wedding…

Sunday, May 4th
3:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.
The Den Theatre
1331 N Milwaukee Ave
Titanique
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Titanique

Broadway In Chicago presents the Porchlight Music Theatre production of TITANIQUE All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian…

Sunday, May 4th
6:30 p.m.8:10 p.m.
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center

Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…

Sunday, May 4th
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
Keon Polee at The Comedy Bar
May4
Music & Comedy

Keon Polee at The Comedy Bar

Keon Polee is the missing link to comedy, acting, and writing. Keon Polee is from the Bay area. In 2023, Keon broke out with a…

Sunday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
The Comedy Bar
500 N. LaSalle St.
October London & Tamar Braxton – The October Nights Tour: Calling All Lovers
May4
Music & Comedy

October London & Tamar Braxton – The October Nights Tour: Calling All Lovers

October London & Tamar Braxton will perform live at The Chicago Theatre on May 4, 2025.

Sunday, May 4th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State
BUST
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

BUST

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying…

Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Berlin
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

Berlin

Berlin is an unforgettable mosaic of intersecting narratives set amidst the decline of Weimar Germany. This original commission brings Jason Lutes’s exhilarating and acclaimed graphic novel…

Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Court Theatre
5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
The Antiquities
May4
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Antiquities

A “brilliantly imagined drama” (Wall Street Journal) for anyone whose computer has asked them to prove that they’re a human. Which is to say, everyone.…

Sunday, May 4th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
Marriott Theatre Presents: Titanic The Musical
May5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Marriott Theatre Presents: Titanic The Musical

Chicagoland’s longest running musical theatre, Marriott Theatre, continues its 50th Anniversary Season celebration with the epic production of Titanic The Musical, directed and choreographed by…

Monday, May 5th
Marriott Theatre
10 Marriott Dr.
Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center
May5
Theatre & Performing Arts

Team Deakins returns to the Athenaeum Center

Following an October 2024 series of sold-out programming, Chicago’s not-for-profit Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (2936 N. Southport Avenue) proudly welcomes back legendary Academy…

Monday, May 5th
6:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N. Southport Ave. , Chicago, IL, 60657
BUST
May5
Theatre & Performing Arts

BUST

It’s not only hell that breaks loose in this ground-breaking, form-defying, laugh-out-loud new drama from Pulitzer-Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard. Retta and Reggie are enjoying…

Monday, May 5th
7:30 p.m.
Goodman Owen Theatre
170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601
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